BimTube Podcast

#1 - Mark Edwards - Sustainability

September 13, 2022 Episode 1
BimTube Podcast
#1 - Mark Edwards - Sustainability
Show Notes

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In this BimTube Podcast we speak to Mark Edwards Head of Sustainability at Gatwick Airport, London. Mark shares what Sustainability is, how aspects of it can be measured and improved, such as carbon, when enabled by aspects such as; 'Better Information Management', clarity of purpose, outcomes monitoring, improvements in client capability and good communications.

- What is Sustainability? In 1987, the United Nations Brundtland Commission defined sustainability as “meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own needs.” https://www.un.org/en/academic-impact...
- Three pillars of sustainable development — economic, social and environmental: https://bit.ly/3PWvaVV
- Triple Bottom Line (social, environmental - or ecological - and financial reporting): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Triple_...
- Circular Economy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Circula...
- The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to accelerate the transition to a circular economy: https://ellenmacarthurfoundation.org/

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